The Ultimate Price is Right Strategy Guide: Magic #

Magic #

Rules

Two prizes are shown as is a screen with a price the contestant can set. The contestant must set that price so that it is between the prices of the two prizes to win.

Random fact

The prop used in this game once took on a life of its own:

Win-loss record (seasons 32-46): 65-67 (49.24%)
Note Magic # was introduced in season 32.

Number of losses that were caused by...

• Setting the magic number too low: 66 (98.51% of all losses)
• Setting the magic number too high: 1 (1.49% of all losses)

Range of values for each prize (seasons 42-47)

• The cheaper prize: $1,199-$2,970
• The more expensive prize: $3,295-$8,990

Strategy

Set the magic number to $3,000. Yes, the audience will boo you after you get above about $1,500, and you'll probably start to feel like it just shouldn't take that long, but you must ignore both things. After all, only 1 person has set the magic number too high in the history of this game. A magic number of $3,000 has won this game in every playing since the start of season 42 and I highly doubt they're going to start having the higher price prize be under $3,000 any time soon--that would be extremely cheap. In fact, they haven't used a higher-priced prize under $4,000 since the middle of season 43. Thus, if anything, it wouldn't surprise me if you need to set the magic number higher than $3,000 to win at some point in the future, but you certainly won't be over if you set the number to $3,000.